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Trade Machine Creation (aimed to open up flexibility)




http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=zkc4mjm

Basically, here is how things go:

Lakers send out: Lou Williams and Ryan Kelly to the Bucks; Brandon Bass to the Pelicans

Bucks send back O.J. Mayo to us just to match salaries and this will free up PG minutes for Russell; Bucks trade John Henson to the Celtics because they decide that they need to build offense around defense and bank on Jabari Parker finally developing into a solid stretch 4

Pelicans send out Dante Cunningham to the Bucks, provides solid defense on the wings and some shooting as well; also send out Luke Babbitt and Alonzo Gee to the Celtics to replace some front court players that will inevitably get traded (Sullinger, Jerebko) or released (David Lee)

Celtics send out Jonas Jerebko to the Pelicans so they can get a stretch big to make up for the loss of Ryan Anderson in the off season to an extent (helps to tank as well); Celtics send us back Jared Sullinger who can be a backup C to Tarik Black for us if he chooses to re-sign since Hibbert is gone (I would consider Sullinger a last-resort option if we can't get Whiteside, not going to bother with Horford or the other C's); Celtics also send out R.J. Hunter, a promising SG that the Bucks can develop as a backup shooter off the bench

What do you all think, this trade mainly opens up minutes at the PG spot for Russell as well as PF minutes for Randle/Nance, and since we may be able to dump Hibbert off in a separate deal, it would open up minutes for Black at the C spot